Resonant amplification of subinertial tides in a submarine canyon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Swart, N C ^a,b   Allen, S E ^a   Greenan, B J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; FLOW FIELDS; SUBMARINES; TIDAL POWER; TIDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY;

BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC TIDES; CANYON FLOW; DIURNAL CURRENTS; DIURNAL OSCILLATIONS; DIURNAL TIDES; FLOOR SLOPE; INTERNAL TIDES; KELVIN WAVES; LENGTH SCALE; MODEL PREDICTION; MOORED ARRAYS; OPEN OCEAN; RESONANT AMPLIFICATION; SEA FLOOR; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIDAL ENERGY; VELOCITY PATTERNS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

AMPLIFICATION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BAROTROPIC TIDE; FLOW FIELD; INTERNAL TIDE; KELVIN WAVE; MOORING SYSTEM; OPEN OCEAN; OSCILLATION; SEAFLOOR; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TIDAL POWER; TIDE;

EID: 80052550521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC006990     Document Type: Article

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